Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney

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It was supposed to be a clear-eyed rebuke of the sitting president’s approach to a foreign-policy crisis, instead, Mitt Romney’s criticism of President Barack Obama’s handling of the attacks in Egypt and Libya that led to the death of a U.S. ambassador yesterday fueled questions -- even among his allies -- about the Republican presidential nominee’s inexperience on national security as his campaign is pushing to gain traction by refocusing on jobs and the economy .